{"id":30798,"date":"2018-10-26T18:15:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=30798"},"modified":"2018-10-26T18:15:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:45:14","slug":"emergency-will-improve-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/emergency-will-improve-security\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Emergency will improve security\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-international\/emergency-will-improve-security\/article22954449.ece\"><b>\u2018Emergency will improve security\u2019<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The emergency imposed in Sri Lanka is the first time in seven years that the country has resorted to such a measure.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Background:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>1915:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The tension between the majority Sinhalese and minority Muslims, who currently account for nearly 9% of the country\u2019s population, has a long history.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first major incident of riots in Sri Lanka was in 1915, targeting Muslims.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>1990:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> During the country\u2019s civil war years, Muslims suffered violence and displacement when the Liberation Tiger Tamil Eelam (LTTE) forcefully evicted them from the north in the early 1990s.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>2012-2017: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually, Sri Lanka has witnessed several attacks against Muslims since 2012, including two major clashes in the southern towns of Aluthgama and Gintota in 2014 and 2017 respectively.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Reason for recent emergency imposed in Sri Lanka:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A number of mosques and Muslim-run establishments were attacked by Sinhalese mobs in central district.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The death of a 27 year old man who was trapped inside a burning house and who described the attack on the building in an audio recording could have provoke violence across the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Implementation of the emergency:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The current emergency measures give authorities sweeping powers to <\/span><b>arrest and detain suspects for long periods, and deploy forces where needed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The measures would redress the <\/span><b>unsatisfactory security situation prevailing in certain parts of the country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The police and armed forces have been suitably <\/span><b>empowered to deal with criminal elements in the society and urgently restore normalcy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conclusion:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fundamental belief that <\/span><b>one must indulge to the extremists<\/b> <b>within the majority community <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">must change.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until then other communities that are <\/span><b>numerically inferior will never feel like equal citizens.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Emergency will improve security\u2019 Context: The emergency imposed in Sri Lanka is the first time in seven years that the country has resorted to such a measure. Background: 1915: The tension between the majority Sinhalese and minority Muslims, who currently account for nearly 9% of the country\u2019s population, has a long history. 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